Sad-iron support.



I. F. LAMB.

SAD IRON SUPPORT.

APPLICATION EILED FEB- 17' I914.

1,139,688.. Patented m 18, 1915.

WIZTNESSE$ INVENTOR.

\ Joseph F Lamb:

JOSEPH F. LAMB, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR T LANDERS, FRARY &

CLARK, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPURATION OF CONNECTICUT.

SAD-IRON SUPPORT.

masses.

' new and useful Improvements in Sad-Iron Supports, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to produce a simple, inexpensive and efiicient stand of the kind knownas the tip-up stand for use with sad irons, and particularly with electrical irons, the object being to provide a means for standing the iron on end while it is not in use, so that the heated sole will not burn or otherwise damage whatever the iron happens to be placed on.

Referring tothe drawingsFigure 1 is a side elevation of an iron equipped with a stand made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is an end view thereof, showing a modification. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the supports. Fig. 4 is a pers ective view of the modification.

Referring to the drawings; denotes the sole ofthe iron, 2) the cover, d the handle, and c a protective socket for the terminals f, f, which as shown may be conveniently attached to the handle d. of the iron at the end is secured a sup ort 10, which may be conveniently formed by bending up a strip of soft metal to U shape, reducing the ends to forin shoulders 11 and projections 12 which enter apertures, as for instance in the cover I), andare riveted or bent over to secure the'support in place.

A third support 13 arranged in a plane above the two corner supports 10, 10, and approximately midway betweenthem, may conveniently form a part of the protective socket e, and as shown in Figs. 1 to 3 in-' elusive, is a U-shaped member exactly like the supports 10, 10, and secured to the wall of the socket in the same way as the Su ports 10, 10 are secured to the iron.

shown in Fig. 4 the socket, is split at its rear wall, and the ends bent outwardly to form supporting members 15, 15. That'supporting member which is in the upper plane and midw between'the corner supports I 10., 10, is shghtly shorter than these corner Specification of Letters Patent.

' satisfactory support Near each corner Patented May 18, EH5.

Application filed. ZFehruary 17, 191 2. aerial Ni). 819,189.

cheap to manufacture and assemble with the iron, and which for the iron. This stand is always in place, ready for use, is not cumbersome, and preferably the two lower supports are secured to a part of the iron which is to some extent heat-insulated from'the sole, as is the case with the cover in the embodiment illustrated, it being lined with asbestos, indicated at 16. This, to gether with the openshape of the supports which allows of free circulation of air and the rapid radiation of the heat, removes any danger of the supports becoming so hot as to injure a table or other bearing surface.

provides an entirely I am aware that the device as here disclosed is susceptible of change and modification Without departing fromv the spirit of the invention, as set forth in the appended claims.

I claim as my invention :w

1. lhe combination with an electrical sad iron including a cover and a handle, of a support therefor comprising a pair of spaced supporting members secured to the end of said .cover, a protective socket secured to said handle with its ends outturned and projecting rearwardly of the iron to constitute a third supporting member which is, above the first mentioned supcured at the end of said covpr,,said supports each comprisin a strip of metal bent to U shape, the ends t ereof being riveted in apertures in the cover, and a third Support arranged above and approximately midway between the first'mentioned su ports.

JOSEPH Witnesses:

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porting members and located at a position I approximately midway between them. 

